Reading Explorer 1 - Unit 2B Vocab

Match the following words with their meaning:

• a display of courage and confidence

• bravery

• nearly but not completely

• active

• a period of hundred years

• almost

• to run away from something

• century

• having a lot of energy

• escape

Match the following

• the very first of its kind

• nation

• know or understand something well

• original

• to touch something with lots of force

• familiar

• a country

• hit

• to join 2 things together with a rope

• tie

If you lead an .......... lifestyle and want to
learn an extreme water sport, consider whitewater
kayaking

• almost

• active

Many people head to Chile every year to kayak along the many rivers that the
........... is known for

• bravery

• nation

If you ...........something, you touch it with a lot of force.

• active

• century

• hit

• escape

Something that is .................is the very first of its kind.

• active

• century

• original

• escape

A(n)........................... is a period of a hundred years.

• active

• century

• familiar

• escape

If you are............... with something, you know or understand it well.

• active

• century

• familiar

• escape

If you ...................two things together, you join them using rope or string

• tie

• century

• familiar

• escape

If you............. from something, you run away from it.

• tie

• century

• familiar

• escape